Look Inside The Most Tricked-Out KFC Of All Time

Just outside of Atlanta, in Marietta, GA, "turn left at the Big Chicken" is a common direction given to travelers. That so-called "Big Chicken," situated right outside the town's Kentucky Fried Chicken, is about the only thing that remained the same in the restaurant's recent $2 million renovation.

KFC has redesigned 400 restaurants during the last year (which equates to about 10 percent of its U.S. locations), CNBC reported. But this one is, by far, the most extravagant.

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The inside of this new store now looks more like a trendy Southern restaurant than a fluorescent fast-food chain; it's decked out with warm LED lights, a wall dedicated to "the original celebrity chef" Colonel Sanders, a chalkboard telling customers where their chicken was raised, and a craft soda machine featuring flavors like lemon-berry-acai and black cherry with yarragon. Yep, we're still talking about KFC here.

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As for the Big Chicken, which stands nearly 5 stories tall, it kept its trademark rolling eyes and moving beak, but added a voice — Marietta residents can tune into a local AM radio station to hear "deep thoughts" from the bird. The giant chicken has been a town staple since 1963 as part of Johnny Reb's Chick, and stayed when KFC took over in 1974.

Other additions to the 4,700-square-foot restaurant include light fixtures that look like the brand's famous chicken buckets, and a gift shop that sells KFC-branded mugs and shot glasses. There are even windows into the kitchen, so customers can see their fried chicken and biscuits being made in real time.

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The store was closed for three months while under renovations, and re-opened May 11 with complete fanfare: a red carpet, ribbon-cutting, and visit from Colonel Sanders himself.

If you find yourself in — or anywhere near — Marietta, you may want to stop in to the fancy-pants location for a Zinger and an aged root beer. Who knows, maybe you'll even find some chicken-scented sunscreen.